Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Difference in end-tidal CO2 between asphyxia cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia cardiac arrest in the prehospital setting. | Available online http content 7 6 R139 Research Open Access Difference in end-tidal CO2 between asphyxia cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation pulseless ventricular tachycardia cardiac arrest in the prehospital setting Stefek Grmec Katja Lah and Ksenija Tusek-Bunc Center of Emergency Medicine Prehospital Unit Maribor Maribor Slovenia Correspondence Katja Lah katkalah@ Received 14 May 2003 Revisions requested 13 June 2003 Revisions received 29 July 2003 Accepted 8 August 2003 Published 24 September 2003 Critical Care 2003 7 R139-R144 DOI cc2369 This article is online at http content 7 6 R139 2003 Grmec et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X . This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction There has been increased interest in the use of capnometry in recent years. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR the partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide PetCO2 correlates with cardiac output and consequently it has a prognostic value in CPR. This study was undertaken to compare the initial PetCO2 and the PetCO2 after 1 min during CPR in asphyxial cardiac arrest versus primary cardiac arrest. Methods The prospective observational study included two groups of patients cardiac arrest due to asphyxia with initial rhythm asystole or pulseless electrical activity and cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction or malignant arrhythmias with initial rhythm ventricular fibrillation VF or pulseless ventricular tachycardia VT . The PetCO2 was measured for both groups immediately after intubation and then repeatedly every minute both for patients with and without return of spontaneous circulation ROSC . Results We analyzed 44 patients with asphyxial cardiac arrest and 141 patients with primary cardiac arrest. The first .
